Oh I begged

Bailey is at the age where pdas are sooo not cool. She waves goodbye to me with a fleeting look of "oh God,please Mom, Don't ask me to kiss you infrontofmyfriends..."
I get it .I GET it.I dooo. It just makes me miss her. Miss the time when she would run full force into me and wrap her arms around me for a hug before running off to play.
She can raid my closet for shoes now. She decided she prefers my rubbah boots to hers and has taken them over. I get it.She is growing up.I GET IT,DAMNIT.
We are at the edge of something. Bigger changes than we have seen so far. Babies grow into toddlers into preschoolers. I thought those chages were huge. The thing is-they still need you.
Now- not so much. She still needs me but not in the way that she used to.Now I must be more careful with what I say and more thoughtful with my answers.
I see her- who she is becoming. I wish I could be more like her. Cripes I hope I can live up to who she believes me to be.

another golden

My in-laws had a tornado pass through their back yard today.Luckily the only damage was a tree felled.
Kelsea is very concerned about this tree.She also thought hard about the tree that fell in our yard a couple of years ago. She insisted that if we just "use the blue tape- we have a lot of it!" the tree could stand again.
Then she asked Cory and Devin if a tornado was a vegetable?No? Then is it a mushroom?

From Kelsea's lips

She was carrying a cross that belonged to Bailey into her room. As she walked she said "God of remember- remember my joy."

it is less than a month away

So I will bring out my favorite for now and for always Fourth of July memory.
Devin was 5. We were walking back to the car from watching the fireworks.
I asked her, "Do you know why we saw fireworks? Do you know what we are celebrating?"
She said, "No."
I said, "This is the forth of July. Independence Day."
she " Aoh! I didn't get to hold any deer!"
me "Huh? What do you mean"
she "we Learned it in school.4Th of July. Independence day. It is special. It is a day we hold deer."

right back at me

So we're discussing yet again why she can't have chocolate for ( insert any mealtime here) when Kelsea looks at me and says "Mom, I'm just so tired of this. You're really killing me,Mom."

yeah she IS 3 AND a half.

I think this speaks for itself.

We need to talk

Yesterday Kelsea ,age 3, walked into the room holding herself in the universal "I have to go Potty" pose. I asked her-" Do you need to go potty?"
To which she replied, "No Mama.I am just holding my skeleton."